Crossing Our Paws

Cyndi:  This has been one of those weeks!  Everything (just about) has been going wonky and Jan has wasted much of her time trying to figure out what each problem is.  And Jan caused a major blooper, but we can't tell you about that until next Tuesday's post.

Taylor:  Well, she did finally figure out how to make us a Christmas card yesterday without the needed software.  It's about time!  Christmas is almost here.

Cyndi:  She tried to find something online to use but her brain is old and it addles easily.  The card isn't printing quality, though, so she can only email or post it. 

Taylor:  You mean our friends who don't have a computer won't be able to see our adorable faces on our Christmas card this year? 

Cyndi:  No, they won't.  Jan considered re-using last year's but it's too sad  since it has angels Merci and Rusty on it. 

Taylor:  I guess that means we five have to survive until next Christmas so we can all be on that card.

Cyndi:  Yes, it does.  Percy and I are the oldest.  Cross your paws for the next months that we will still be here.

Taylor:  But how will I walk if I cross my paws?

Cyndi:  Carefully, Taylor, carefully.

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June Tattle on Jan Day

Rusty:  It's June Tattle on Jan Day.

Micah: Seriously, there's a special day for it now?

Rusty:  No, I'm joking.  But it would have been ungracious of us to post this yesterday.

Micah:  You mean because it was her birthday?

Rusty:   Yes.  We've written about a couple of Jan's Toastmasters club bloopers (Blooper Soulmate) in the past.

Micah:  Do you think she has learned anything from her mistakes?  Wait ... you don't suppose that's the purpose of the club, do you -  to make mistakes?

Rusty: If so, Jan is in the right club!

Micah:  At last Thursday's meeting, Jan completed her year-long presidency of the local club.

Rusty:  Many of you are aware Jan frequently forgets to read her calendar and thus forgets our birthdays and important blogging dates.

Micah:  Are you also aware she can't read a calendar properly when she does look at it?

Rusty:  For example, she has been known to announce the wrong date for the next meeting. Or even the wrong month.

Micah:  This is what ensued when Jan was closing Thursday's meeting. The exchange included several club members.  Jan is in bold font.

Our next meeting will be held on July 11 at -

No, no, it's not the 11th.

Are you sure?

Yes, that's my birthday.

Anyone have a calendar?

Feel free to celebrate my birthday if you want.

Just a minute, I'm looking it up.

The 11th is not a Thursday.

Here it is. July 14th.

Okay, our next meeting will be July 14.
*gavel tap* Meeting adjourned.

Rusty:  In case you're wondering, there is a meeting on the 11th -- of August!

Micah:  And so Jan's presidency ended with the same confusion that has been her trademark.

Rusty:  Way to go, Jan.  Leave them laughing, even if it's accidental.

(Ignore the reflection in the star.)

Micah:  During the meeting Jan was surprised with a trophy.  Even after all the mistakes she's made.

Rusty:  She also received a nice card signed by everyone in attendance.

Micah:  As soon as the meeting was over, she grabbed her trophy and ran before they could remember all her bloopers and take it back again.

Rusty:  She did not.  But she did say if they want it back, they'll have to wrestle her for it.

Micah:  Oh, good.  We can sell tickets.

Blooper Soulmate

CYNDI:  Hey, Taylor, have you heard any of Jan's blooper stories yet?

TAYLOR:  What's a blooper?

CYNDI:  It's where Jan says something she wishes she hadn't but can't take back.  Evidently other humans can have the same problem.

BUDDY:  And Jan says a lot of things she wishes she could take back.  A few months ago we told the story of how Jan stood before the local Toastmasters club and opened the meeting with the words, "This meeting is adjourned."  (Bloopers, Winner and Cat Chats)

TAYLOR:  You're joking!

CYNDI:  She's been making a lot of public bloopers lately.  In fact, last Thursday, she told her fellow Toastmasters, it was the last meeting of February.

TAYLOR:  But it's March!

BUDDY:  Of course it is.  The members probably wouldn't recognize her now if she closed a meeting without a blooper.  They are going to miss her when her term of office ends.  There doesn't seem to be a worthy replacement in the blooper department.  She's got that nailed.

CYNDI:  Yesterday she was watching a question and answer video of five well-known ministers.  She was only familiar with  John MacArthur and Chuck Swindall but Greg Laurie, Jack Graham and James MacDonald were also part of the panel. 

TAYLOR:  Yes, they were sitting on a stage telling some fun stories of their ministries.

CYNDI:  At the end they each told a story about their most embarrassing moment.  And Jan found her soulmate in bloopers.

TAYLOR:  Who was that?

BUDDY:  Greg Laurie, the minister who said he finished a sermon, raised his arms and solemnly announced, "Let us pee."


NOTE:  Here's the link, in case anyone is interested in watching the panel discussion video.